Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Higher Boscaswell, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Higher Boscaswell map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Higher Boscaswell, Cornwall, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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Drag the map to pan to any area of Cornwall or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Higher Boscaswell and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Higher Boscaswell |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.151737 |
| Longitude | -5.664581 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Higher Boscaswell retains the spare, salt-scrubbed character of the Penwith peninsula, where the Atlantic wind hums incessantly against granite walls. It lies 2.0 miles north-north-east of St Just (from St Just: bearing 20°T, OS grid SW 383 343), and is situated west of Pendeen village. The terrain here rises in rugged, treeless slopes that seem to hold the pale, diffused light of the Celtic Sea, casting long shadows across the sparse fields. To the west, the hulking silhouette of Geevor Mine serves as a silent monitor of the earth’s former industry, its skeletal structures punctuating the horizon like jagged teeth. A short walk away, the Lower Boscaswell Fogou remains concealed beneath the turf, a subterranean passage that speaks to the ancient, secretive habits of those who first broke this ground. Higher Boscaswell commands a view where the sky feels vast and unburdened, pressing down upon the low-slung stone cottages with a cold, clear clarity. The soil, thin and stubborn, yields little to the plough, yet the wild gorse provides a constant, defiant splash of yellow against the grey-green expanse. Visitors often find that the silence here is not an absence of sound, but a rhythmic pulse of surf and wind that defines the very spirit of the coast.
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Explore Higher Boscaswell, Cornwall, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.151737, -5.664581. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |